William Inboden III
The Jocelyn and Robin Martin Memorial Lecture
Professor William Inboden’s newest book, The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, The Cold War, and the World on the Brink, is an award-winning narrative overview of the Reagan Administration’s Cold War strategy. In this retrospective look at Reagan’s masterful handling of foreign policy during the last decade of the cold war, Inboden draws parallels to America’s current geopolitical balancing act with the USA’s global rival, China.
Professor Inboden is Executive Vice President and Provost of the University of Texas-Austin and Professor in the School of Civic Leadership and Department of History. Prior to his career in academia he served as Senior Director for Strategic Planning on the National Security Council in the George W. Bush White House, where he worked on the ‘National Security Strategy’, strategic forecasting, and counter-radicalization. He is the author of Religion and American Foreign Policy, 1945-1960: The Soul of Containment, co-editor of The Last Card: Inside George W. Bush’s Decision to Surge in Iraq, and co-editor of Hand-Off: The Foreign Policy That George W. Bush Bequeathed to Barack Obama. Professor Inboden is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. His commentary has appeared in numerous outlets including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Foreign Policy, Politico, National Review, The Hill, World, Weekly Standard, NPR, CNN, and BBC.
The Jocelyn and Robin Martin Memorial Lecture
Jocelyn and Robin Martin were both members of the Board of Trustees of The Four Arts, where they enjoyed attending lectures and other events. They resided in Palm Beach and Washington, DC, and were quietly dedicated to helping the residents of both communities. Locally, Jocelyn was a member of the Allocation Committee for the Town of Palm Beach United Way. Robin was a member of the town’s Public Employees Relation Commission, a member of the Town of Palm Beach United Way’s Board of Trustees and of the Alexis de Tocqueville Society and Allocation Committee, a director of the Palm Beach Civic Association, and a board member of the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County.